README for "Exporting the Tools of Dictatorship: The Politics of China's Technology Transfers"

Erin Baggott Carter and Brett L. Carter 
October 4, 2024

The statistical analysis for this paper was conducted in R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16) -- "Beagle Scouts."

The core data file used in the analysis is dataFile_China_Huawei.csv. A few scripts load supplementary data files that appear in the replication archive or load data from the World Bank API. 

The archive contains the following replication scripts, which each produce the tables and/or figures given in their filename:

MAIN TEXT

Replication Code for Figure 1.R
Replication Code for Figure 2.R
Replication Code for Table 2 and Figure 4, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Table 2 and Figure 4, Democracies.R

ONLINE APPENDIX

Replication Code for Appendix Figure 1.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 1, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 1, Democracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 2.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 3.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 4.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 5.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 6, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 6, Democracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 7, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 7, Democracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 8, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 8, Democracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 9.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 10.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 11.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 12.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 13.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 14, Autocracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Table 14, Democracies.R
Replication Code for Appendix Tables 16-20 and Figure 2.R



For any questions, please contact baggott@usc.edu